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- "Not far from the Somali border in the far east of Ethiopia a group of farmers from the village of Deder are moving slowly across a sweltering hillside singing. The high warbling notes from the brightly clad women punctuate the deep refrain coming from the men as they walk between straggly lines of coffee bushes. It's all part of a centuries old harvesting song. But these weary looking peasants aren't harvesting the bushes, they're pulling them up. In the holes left behind they're planting khat |
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- Suspected killers of Spanish intelligence agents arrested in Iraq Coalition troops have arrested the suspected killers of seven Spanish intelligence agents slain last month in Iraq, Spanish Defense Minister Federico Trillo said Wednesday. |
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- Today the kitchen was being painted, so on the way to the gym, we stopped at McDonalds for dinner. A zero-sum dinner. I'm pretty sure I worked off enough to make it equivalent to a normal dinner. I noticed that the new "white-meat" nuggets have ... white meat. |
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- From lawyer Rob Reed's bulletin board : This is probably old news to most of you, but if you type... |
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- Skyrocketing insurance costs are threatening the future of adventure tourism in the province, operators say. Rate increases of between 500 and 1,000 per cent are forcing some companies to close down the more high-risk aspects of their business, or not carry insurance at all. And there are fewer companies willing to insure the companies that offer backcountry skiing and mountain climbing. (CBC Calgary - December 10) |
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- "In September, 2003, the battery on Casey's 18 month-old 15 gigabyte iPod had degraded to the point where it would only run his player for an hour. When he called Apple Care to ask how could get the battery replaced, they suggested he buy a new iPod for about $400. He found this advice less than helpful. Casey pursued the matter further with Apple, sending a note to Steve Jobs's office, getting basically the same reply," Alex Salkever writes for BusinessWeek. "As a form... |
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- The AP (via the Guardian) has an excellent article on the dangerous work of reindeer herding as covered in the article "Fatal Accidents and Suicide Among Reindeer Herding Samis in Sweden". While we're at it, did you know that farm... |
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- As readers of my blog know, I've had a few |
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- There's a writing group meeting at http://www.fswf.org in the library at 6 pm on Thursdays, for anyone female and local who is interested. |
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- Wow! That was easy. After spending a considerable amount of time with no ability for CGIs to send email on... |
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- Al-Qaida associate held in Minneapolis jail Authorities in Minneapolis on Tuesday arrested and jailed a man suspected of associating with the Al-Qaida terrorist network and having knowledge of some of the activities of Zacarias Moussaoui, a law enforcement official said. |
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- U.S. case vs. 4 linked to Al-Qaida in jeopardy The Bush administration's first major post-Sept. 11 prosecution, which broke up an alleged terrorist cell in Detroit, is in danger of unraveling after the Justice Department divulged that it had failed to turn over evidence that might have helped the defense. |
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- The picture is still not in the images folder on the server. Can you manually go into your /www/images folder and see if the picture is even on your hard drive? Have you checked the events folder to see if the picture itself upstreamed? Are you using the myPictures tool? There is no directory for the 10th. |
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Eye Test (Dec 11 2003 04:34 GMT) - Increase distance from chart until readable via Critical SelectionIt is great that there are people who find the time to do important work like this.... |
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- The picture is still not in the images folder on the server. Can you manually go into your /www/images folder and see if the picture is even on your hard drive? Have you checked the events folder to see if the picture itself upstreamed? Are you using the myPictures tool? |
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- I’m heading back to Pittsburgh for Christmas and I’ll be there for that week (Sunday through Sunday). To Pittsburgh: Flight:... |
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- LOUISVILLE, Ky. - On an emotional day for Francisco Garcia, his best friend gave him something to smile about. |
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- Aqui esta completamente en español tambien. El paquete final para navidad! incluye: El theme un juego en flash que puedes añadir como block o module much... (Sigue) |
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- Aqui teneis dos bloques para el modulo elinks. El primero es un bloque lateral q muestra los 10 ultimos elinks añadidos en la db con una pequeña imagen de la caratula si es que tienen, descargatelo |
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- La GT-Next Gen de http://gt.audioslaved.com hace que las bots de google pueden indexear tus paginas a fondo por cambiar las urls en html que hacen que los buscadores pueden rastear tu siteo al fondo(d... (Sigue) |
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- I'm not being a model citizen as of late! I just haven't cared too much what I've been doing, and... |
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- Versatile mill produces lumber, beams, rounds and more, safely and economically. Accurate blade mills lumber to a very smooth surface while holding dimensions. Mills logs up to 11 ft. long and 28 ft. dia. |
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- This stove is perfect for any room where you can imagine yourself in front of a fire, including the kitchen, family room or basement. It combines the rustic looks and warmth of a freestanding stove with convenience and energy efficiency. Features cast ... |
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- Adapted by us in 1989 from Claude Monet's favorite seat in the garden of his country home, our teak Giverny benches are often imitated, but never duplicated in comfort and quality. We build our benches with a gently arching back, contoured seat, and ... |
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- This book case is designed to allow children to see the face of the books, not only making it easier to select the book they want, but encourages them to read. 34'' h x 14'' D x 32'' w |
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- Enjoy a relaxing swing in your yard, on the patio or in the garden with this unique mission style arbor swing. Carefully crafted from naturally weather-resistant, long lasting western red cedar w/ 2 coats of quality oil stain. Comes 85% Pre-Assembled. ... |
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- Can be used with water or a rubbing oil. |
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- Private Landscapes: Modernist Gardens in Southern California - Kathryn Smith's erudite introduction and the authors' texts add historical resonance to this enticing collection of new and original gardens (including several by Burton) that set off ... |
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Fuzzy math (Dec 11 2003 04:30 GMT) - Richard Morrison's website now has my interview linked from his news page. There are a couple of other articles about... |
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- Developing countries resent what they see as American dominance over information technology. They'd like to see the Internet placed under U.N. control. The United States and its industrialized allies disagree. |
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- Anti-European feeling grows in BrazilRivaldo is mocked as the worst player in Serie A, Milan refuses to release Kaka for Olympic qualifying matches and the exciting midfielder Alex of Cruzieros is snubbed in Player of the Year honors. Given Brazil's decades-long top tier footballing, why don't they get more respect? |
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- Rebels of Oakland.The A's and the Raiders in the 1970s. Very entertaining HBO Sports documentary. It's premiering as we speak I post. |
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- The columns are too narrow, the text is too small, the colors are all wrong, the writers are too friendly to ex-gays... These are just a few of the suggestions we hear. (To be fair, most of the feedback is... |
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- Army: No Israeli trainers at Bragg U.S. Army Special Operations officials are denying a British newspaper report that Israeli advisers came to Fort Bragg to train special forces soldiers in counter-insurgency tactics including assassination. |
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